Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 March 1916 — BASIS OF ASSESSMENT [ARTICLE]

BASIS OF ASSESSMENT

lor Personal Property As Adopted At Meeting of Assessors Wednesday. At the annual meeting of the township assessors of Jasper county Wednesday, at the office of County Assessor G. L. Thornton, the following schedule was adopted for the as sessment of personal property for the year 1916: All money on hand or in bank. 75 per cent. All good poles, 75 per cent of value. All stock and goods, 75 per cent of value. Horses All draft horses, 75 per cent of value. AU mules, horses and colts, 75 per cent of value. Cattle—All fat cattle, $6 per hundred. All feeding cattle, $5 per hundred. All other cattle, 75 per cent of value. Hogs and Sheep—Hogs, at $5 per hundred. Sheep, $4 per head. Wood, per cord, $1 to $3. Grain, Etc. —Wheat,, per bushel, 75c; corn, per bushel, 45c; oats, per bushel. 25c; potatoes, per bushel, 40c; timothy seed, per bushel, $2; rye, per bushel, 50c; clover seed, per bushel, 57; onions, per bushel, 75c. Hay—Timothy hay, per ton. $7; wild hay, per ton, $2: ensilage. per ton, ?2. Meats, Etc.—Pork, per hundred, ss’ s lard, per hundred, $5; wool, per hundred, $1J0; ice, per ton, 75c. Lumber—'Lumber, 75 per cent of value. Poultry—Chickens, per dozen, 53.50; turkeys, each one, $1; geese, per dozen, 54. Automobiles—Automobiles, 75 per cent cash valuation. Real Estate-J=AB additional im-